Google: Android Pie to hit more devices in 2018 vs Oreo

With the major system upgrades each year, it seems that most devices are more late than they have ever been. Despite the fact that Android Pie is still not present on Google's monthly distribution numbers, the group is still waiting for Pie to reach more devices by the end of the year. the current year compared to Oreo.

In a blog post this week, Google takes stock of its efforts with Project Treble. One of the elements of the post is that Google has high expectations as to what Treble will be able to do for the Android ecosystem in terms of providing major updates.

Until now, we have seen only a handful of manufacturers deploy Android Pie updates or launch devices with the operating system. This obviously includes Google, as well as Essential, Sony, OnePlus and Nokia. The numbers have barely gone down, while Pie still has not posted Android's distribution numbers last month.

Despite this, just a month from Google, Google expects to more Pie by the end of 2018, compared to Android Oreo figures in 2017. By comparison, in January 2018, Oreo accounted for 0.7% of devices.

In the future, all devices launched with Android 9 Pie or later will be Treble compatible and will take full advantage of the Treble architecture to enable faster upgrades. Thanks to Treble, we expect to see more peripherals of builders using Android 9 Pie by the end of 2018 compared to the number of devices that were using Android Oreo by the end of 2017.

Treble's goal is to reduce the gap between updates, allowing devices to launch updates faster than ever before. This is true for some manufacturers. Essential gave Treble a lot of credit for its first-day Android Pie update.

It seems that there is hope for other equipment manufacturers. Samsung, for example, only started deploying Android Oreo in February 2018, but will launch Pie in January 2019 for a handful of terminals. Since this update is accompanied by a major update of the company's software layer, I would say that this is a good step forward. Hopefully we will see further progress in the years to come.

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